Green algae is spreading down the Caloosahatchee River and into Cape Coral canals.

It's impacting thousands in residential neighborhoods of the Cape. Some of their canals are covered in the neon green algae.

Cape Coral Yacht Club also has signs on its beach warning swimmers of algae. Visitors at popular Jaycee Park spotted it in the water there as well.

"I don't think I could be more pissed off. I came here because of the water and how beautiful it is down here, and this is just horrible that this could happen," said Augustine Casal, a Southeast Cape Coral resident.

Florida legislators are now demanding Gov. Rick Scott call a State of Emergency over the crisis.

We reached out to the governor's office about it. One of his representatives responded with the following statement:

“Gov. Scott has taken action to combat the algal blooms resulting from the Army Corps of Engineers’ water releases from Lake Okeechobee. This includes ordering the Department of Environmental Protection to issue an emergency declaration to move more water south of the Lake and installing water monitoring stations on the Caloosahatchee River so water experts have more data to mitigate the problem. Also, he signed a bill that expedited the EAA reservoir and secured full federal funding to fix the Herbert Hoover Dike three years ahead of schedule – something Congress has failed to do for decades. He will continue to identify ways to secure the clean water that Florida residents deserve and will never stop fighting to alleviate the federal Corps’ harmful water discharges.”